Title :
A methodology to specify DEVS domain specific profiles and create profile-based models
Author :
Garredu, S. ; Vittori, E. ; Santucci, J. ; Urbani, D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Corsica, Corte, France
Abstract :
Discrete EVent System Specification (DEVS) is a popular formalism which allows specifying and simulating models. Its main drawback is that its implementation is simulator-specific, i.e. models have to be programmed using an Object-Oriented Language (OOL). In this paper, we introduce DEVS profiles, which are specializations/restrictions of DEVS meta-model, and we explain how to create a DEVS Profile for non-computer scientists. We distinguish two kinds of users: the metamodelers and the modelers. Models designed with DEVS profiles can be mapped onto platform specific models and to object code using a Model Driven Architecture (MDA) approach. DEVS profiles improve the reusability of models.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; object-oriented languages; software engineering; DEVS domain specific profiles; DEVS meta-model; OOL; discrete event system specification; model driven architecture; object-oriented language; profile-based models; Adaptation models; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Mathematical model; Object oriented modeling; Software engineering; Unified modeling language; DEVS domain specific profiles; Discrete event simulation; MDA; methodology;
Conference_Titel :
Information Reuse and Integration (IRI), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0964-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0965-4
DOI :
10.1109/IRI.2011.6009573
